A backup power railroad crossing notification system for a railroad crossing mechanism. The system includes a stationary audible device carried within a railroad housing proximate to a railroad crossing mechanism; a remote mobile device; and a computer carried within the railroad housing. The computer includes a switch conductively coupled to a battery and operably associated with the stationary audible device; and a transceiver in data communication with the mobile device. A method includes wirelessly communicate with the mobile device via the transceiver if power is being drawn from the battery; and activating the stationary audible device if power is being drawn from the battery.
Backup power notification system for railroad installations
2017-12-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
RAILROAD CROSSING BACKUP UNIT AND RAILROAD CROSSING BACKUP SYSTEM
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